Word: maddering
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...contracted on Guadalcanal, began checking around. He found that most of the post members had not the slightest idea of what they were voting on. He found that out of 650 members, only a handful ever attended meetings, and this handful ran the post to suit themselves. Merson got madder & madder. With such a setup, what right had national Legion commanders to tell U.S. congressmen that they represented the wishes of nearly 3,000,000 members...
...over, said Pravda, was insolent, ridiculous, dirty, and fantastic. Stassen was obviously a "crazy political speculator," and his letter a "self-seeking, self-advertising trick." Why, Stassen's letter "demands no more & no less than that the Soviet Union change its policy," said Pravda, and what could be madder than that...
...conservative Milwaukee Journal (circ. 319,126): "We have a feeling that no one will take Senator McCarthy's question very seriously. Politically, he'd probably do a lot better charging Mr. Evjue with being what he is-a capitalist. It would probably make Mr. Evjue a lot madder...
...Cloudy Future. That made the kids madder than ever; 125 out of 149 went out on strike. They went back three days later, but trouble started again. Powell had an argument with Ronald Hegedish, a new boy, pushed him against a wall. The boy's father swore out a warrant against Powell for assault. Powell was arrested Dec. 9, freed on bond pending a hearing...
When officials asked her to play a semifinal match on a side court, Patricia had a fit of sulks. The more she thought about it, the madder she got. Said she: "I told the committee I would play only on the center court. I'm the defending champion and I don't see why I can't play on the center court . . ." Just to show them, Pat flounced out of the stadium. France's Mme. Nell Landry promptly claimed and got a victory by forfeit...